Process for placing foil wrappers upon cigars



Mar. 20, 1923.

1,448,915 J. E. DAVIS PROCESS FOR PLACING FOIL WRAPPERS UPON CIGARS Filed Nov. 11, 1920 %A u ucwtoz as, Wu, WW

Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PROCESS FOR PLACING FOIL WRAPPERS UPON CIGARS.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,270.

To all whom it may concern: A is revolved at a rate of seven hundred or Be it known that I, JoHN E. DAVIS, a citimore revolutions per minute. zen of the United States of America, and a Then the end of a cigar bearing the foil resident of Cincinnati, in the county of that is to be closed, is introduced into the 6 Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented flared end of the thimble, which guides the 45 a new and useful Improvement in a Process end of the cigar accurately into the portion for Placing Foil Wrappers upon Cigars, of a of the thimble. The rapid rotation of the which the following is a specification. thimble, the conformity of the portion to the My invention relates to a process for 0105- shape of the end of the cigar and the smooth l ing the end of a foil wrapper upon the end inner surface of portion a, cooperate to close 0 of a cigar. the end of the foil snugly to give it a nice The object of my invention is a process burnished finish, and compacts the end of for sealing the end of a foil wrapper, that the foil, giving it the appearance of a spun will produce a smooth finish and will not head. 16 mar the foil. Having thus described my invention, 5

In the accompanying drawing, in which what I claim is I have illustrated a means by which my 1. A process for closing the end of a foil process may be practiced, cigar wrapper, comprising placing the foil Fig. l, .is a view partly in side elevation loosely upon a cigar and then subjecting the 80 and partly in section of a driving shaft, a end of the foil to contact with the interior 60 fibre sleeve and a thimble for use in pracof a tapered thimble which is revolving at ticing my invention. a high rate of speed.

Figs. 2 and 3, are sectional views of a 2. A process for closing the end of a foil thimble and of a cigar and a foil wrapper, cigar wrapper, comprising placing the foil showing the steps involved in closing the loosely upon acigar and then subjecting the 5 end of the Wrapper. end of the foil to contact with the interior In carrying out my process, I utilize a of a tapered thimble which is revolving at a metal thimble A which has a closed end por speed in excess of 700 revolutions per mintion a, which is substantially of the shape of ute. the end of the cigar, and a tapering portion 3. A process for closing the end of a foil 7) a, which is of a length equal substantially cigar wrapper, comprising guiding the end to two or two and one half times the outer di-- of the cigar bearing the foil by a flared end ameter a of the portion a, and which gradof a rapidly revolving thimble to the inside ually flares outward to a size much larger of a section thereof that conforms to the 5 than the end of the cigar. shape of said cigar end. 75

Thimble A is seated by friction in a cylin- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto drical recess 1) of a fibre holder B, which subscribed my name this 8th day of Novem is secured upon a driving shaft D, such as ber,1920. the shaft of an electric motor. 40 In practicing my invention the thimble JOHN E. DAVIS. 

